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Welsh vs Maltese


Maltese vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
British Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Ħello   

Thank You
Diolch   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Bore da   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Skużani!   

Bye
Hwyl   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Malti   

French Name
gallois   
maltais   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Maltese   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Semitic   

Branch
Brythonic   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
cym   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Welsh and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Maltese language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Welsh and Maltese Language History.

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Welsh and Maltese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Welsh and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Maltese language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Maltese Difficulty

The Welsh vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Welsh and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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